Channel Nine AFL Footy Show Ted Whitten Death Announcement 1995

[@MrMagicmatt05]

Absolute class from Eddie speaking so well in such difficult circumstances.

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

Eddie McGuire is a professional one of the best in the business like him or not.

[@Felipepavzin92]

One of biggest moments in Footy Show History.

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

It was a huge moment the death of Ted Whitten being broken LIVE on The AFL Footy Show executive producer Harvey Silver found out about it early in the recording but didn’t beak the news until the end of the show to Eddie McGuire, Sam Newman, Garry Lyon, Doug Hawkins, Wayne Schwass and Trevor Marmalade the studio audience had no idea as well.

[@christopherdale7017]

Iam a Rugby Union and League person but I do remember that night very well it was the day before my 18th Birthday, when Ed told the News you could just feel everything went silent the Emotion just Followed,then Watching the late night news that night when they paid tribute to EJ Whitten and the songs like Hero and wind beneath my wings played I shed tears and Iam not ashamed to say that to me the same will happen When Wally Lewis dies.

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

Hero by Mariah Carey was the song used in the lap of honour at the MCG Ted Whitten last public appearance before his death and it was quiet in Studio 9 when the news broke.

[@thedcmac]

I and football really misses Ted. He was the greatest character in footy and loved Victoria more than anything in the world. Commanded the respect and attention of any room he ever walked into.

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

A true legend of Australian Rules Football.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

I remember seeing it as it aired (albeit half an hour later, being in Adelaide and all), and even as the show finished, you could've heard a pin drop in the studio at the time. Ted Whitten earned the nickname "Mr. Football" for being a legend on and off the field, and his banter with John "Sam" Newman was always funny. 👍

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

Ted Whitten and Sam Newman worked great together in the early days of the Sunday Footy Show it was a shock to everyone in the studio audience they went quiet.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@LachlanPattersonAFL Yes, the suddenness of Ted's cancer diagnosis, combined with his deterioration and demise left us all in shock. 😮 Another thing I miss is his chemistry with the late great Lou Richards during the handball competition. Whenever Lou said "And five more makes him twentaay!", for instance, you could be sure that Ted would echo it, leading to a "Shut up Ted!" in response. Therefore, it was quite touching of Sam Kekovich to continue that tradition when he joined The Sunday Footy Show. 👍

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

@EamonThePhilogynistWalford it did continue on the Sunday Footy Show for the Handball until 1998 when Sam Kekovich left at the end of the 1998 season.

[@EamonThePhilogynistWalford]

@@LachlanPattersonAFL Of course, and there was no shortage of characters on the show in any case. 🙂

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

@@EamonThePhilogynistWalford Max Walker, Lou Richards, Sam Newman, Dermott Brereton, Doug Hawkins, Sam Kekovich, Brian Taylor, Simon Madden, Simon O'Donnell, Ted Whitten and David Rhys-Jones what a collection of talent gear personalities and characters on the Sunday Footy Show during the 1990s.

[@lukehemmy7693]

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[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

VHS Openings airing Monday nights on Patterson AFL.

[@robdowsing3361]

I have had prostate cancer but I caught mine early but obviously Ted didnt so men get tested after 50 yo

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

WOW that’s tough mate and get tested it’s very important.

[@lukehemmy7693]

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[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

No it’s not.

[@benjaminparkinson5255]

One question why was Doug the.last to know seems staged to me sorry

[@LachlanPattersonAFL]

Harvey Silver the executive producer of The AFL Footy Show found out about it early in the recording but didn’t beak the news until the end of the show to Eddie McGuire, Sam Newman, Garry Lyon, Doug Hawkins, Wayne Schwass and Trevor Marmalade the studio audience had no idea as well.